Marek Svatos has been claimed off waivers from the Nashville Predators for the Ottawa Senators and this news couldn't come early enough. With Ottawa's roster severely depleted by trades for draft picks and riddled with injuries, Svatos will be a welcome addition to the team (i.e, not someone from Binghampton). Ottawa sorely needs a forward who likes to score on their roster, and while Bobby But...

Mike Fisher won't be singing sad country songs in Nashville as he joins his wife Carrie Underwood in a trade deal with the Preds. All the Yoko Ono jokes aside, this is a good move for Ottawa, because it helps the team rebuild through the draft by getting a second first round pick in 2011- and they better not waste it.
Ottawa is a basement team in the NHL right now which is in serious need of re...

The New Year has barely begun, but there's already talk about major changes in Ottawa. Hot on the heels of a story that Bryan Murray tried to fire head coach Cory Clouston, the GM hosted a press conference in which he denied the story, but then refused to confirm that Clouston would remain. With the deftness of a seasoned politician, Murray would neither confirm nor deny that Clouston would k...

The Ottawa Senators finally got some puck luck last night in their 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild, which is sure to be a morale-booster as December rolls on. After a great effort against Atlanta that didn't produce a win, Ottawa found a way to overcome that bittersweet defeat and keep rolling. They fought hard and were quick on the puck and they finally got what they deserved: a clear, decis...

UPDATE – 5pm EST – All things point to Jerry Jones replacing Wade Phillips after the game in Houston on Sunday. I have had a few other people come forward to me within NFL circles and they are more than ever of the same belief that Jerry knows how bad he would look if his team didn't make the playoffs because he waited to pull the plug on Phillips. He is preparing for it as we...